Brewton police arrest 3 for pill shopping at Wal-Mart

BREWTON, Alabama -- Police arrested three Monroe County residents after they offered to pay Wal-Mart customers to purchase pseudoephedrine, an ingredient used in the manufacture of methamphetamine, the website NorthEscambia.com reported.

Police arrested Angel Coakley, 28, of Monroeville, who officers said was at the store's pharmacy trying to purchase pseuoephedrine. Police told the website that they later learned that Coakley was traveling with her boyfriend, 31-year old Michael Brandon Morris and his brother, 23-year old Charles Gregory Morris, both of Monroeville.

Police told the website that a concerned citizen called narcotics officers about the alleged activity.